An active dossier of 2,507 journalists, photojournalists, editors, and bloggers currently detained, prosecuted, or missing — drawn live from the Committee to Protect Journalists, Reporters Without Borders, and our partner organizations across Russia, Belarus, Iran, Turkey, Egypt, Myanmar, Israel/OPT, and dozens of other jurisdictions where the press is under attack.
These records contain only the structured fields source organizations publish — name, country, employer, charges, arrest date. They do not include the longer narratives in the main Political Prisoner Database. For the full case files maintained by CPJ, see cpj.org/data.
Mojtaba Saminejad is a journalist with Freelance in Iran. Imprisoned as of February 12, 2005; charges: Defamation, Ethnic Or Religious Insult.
Alireza Ahmadi is a journalist with Asia in Iran. Imprisoned as of July 15, 2003; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Mahmoud Mojdavi is a journalist with Kavir in Iran. Imprisoned as of May 9, 2001; charges: Ethnic Or Religious Insult.
Hamid Jafari Nasrabadi is a journalist with Kavir in Iran. Imprisoned as of May 9, 2001; charges: No Charge Disclosed.
Emadeddin Baghi is a journalist with Fath, Neshat in Iran. Imprisoned as of May 29, 2000; charges: Anti-state, Ethnic Or Religious Insult.
Latif Safari is a journalist with Neshat in Iran. Imprisoned as of April 23, 2000; charges: Defamation, Ethnic Or Religious Insult.
Abdullah Nouri is a journalist with Khordad in Iran. Imprisoned as of November 28, 1999; charges: Ethnic Or Religious Insult.
Morteza Firouzi is a journalist with Iran News in Iran. Imprisoned as of November 9, 1997; charges: Anti-state.
Faraj Sarkoohi is a journalist with Adineh in Iran. Imprisoned as of January 27, 1997; charges: Anti-state.
Akbar Ganji is a journalist with Sobh-e Emrooz, Fath in Iran. Imprisoned as of April 22, 2000; charges: Anti-state.
Mashallah Shamsolvaezin is a journalist with Asr-e-Azadegan, Neshat in Iran. Imprisoned as of April 10, 2000; charges: Ethnic Or Religious Insult.
Mohsen Kadivar is a journalist with Freelance in Iran. Imprisoned as of February 27, 1999; charges: False News.